Melissa Tremblett

Melissa Tremblett is a visual artist of Innu and English heritage from the community of Sheshatshiu, Labrador, currently based in Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk territory (Bay of Islands, Western Newfoundland). Tremblett is a conceptually diverse multidisciplinary artist who works within installation, performance, printmaking, and photography, as well as traditional techniques such as doll making and beadwork. Through the lens of her contemporary Indigenous reality, Tremblett marries both her Indigenous and Settler roots uniting histories and legacies.

Tremblett graduated with a BFA in Visual Arts (2015) from the Grenfell Campus of Memorial University of Newfoundland and a BSc in Behavioural Neuroscience (2011) from Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her work has been exhibited nationally and abroad at venues such as The Rooms Provincial Art Gallery, NL; Owens Art Gallery, Mount Allison University, NB; Indigenous Art Centre Gallery, Gatineau, QC; Grenfell Art Gallery, Memorial University, NL; Eastern Edge Gallery, NL; and Gatehouse Arts in Harlow, UK. Tremblett’s photographs are published in Elizabeth Yeoman, Exactly What I Said: Translating Words and Worlds, University of Manitoba Press, 2022; Tracing Ochre: Changing Perspectives on the Beothuk, University of Toronto Press, 2018; and Tshaukuesh Elizabeth Penashue, Nitinikiau Innusi: I Keep the Land Alive, University of Manitoba Press, 2019.